Search results
Jul 22, 2016 · In 1836 the Shakerley family finally sold their estate at Tyldesley. Among the 514 acres of land were also the farms, the rights to the coal and stone and certain pews at Leigh Parish Church. It was purchased by Jacob Fletcher who lived at Peel Hall in Little Hulton.
Mar 22, 2012 · A new edition has now been announced by Peter J Tyldesley, an academic at the University of Manchester, and will be available later this year. Born in Tyldesley in 1812, Buckley spent much of his life working locally as a hand-loom weaver.
- Manor
- Chaddock Hall
- The Garrett
- Cleworth
- Charities
The manor of TYLDESLEY was oneof the thirty-four manors dependentupon the chief manor of Warringtonbefore the Conquest, being held by a dreng, whosesuccessors afterwards held it of the barony of Warrington. At the date of the inquest of 1212 it washeld of William le Boteler by Hugh son of Henry deTyldesley, (fn. 4) and at the date of the Gascon Scu...
CHADDOCK HALL (Chaidok, 1332; Cheidocke,1586), on the eastern side of the township, was formany centuries the estate of a family of yeomen ofthe same name, of whom Henry and Adam contributed to the subsidy granted in 1332. (fn. 58) Thomasde Chaydok, a free tenant, was living in 1350. (fn. 59) In1547 Thomas, Piers, and James, sons of HughChaddock, g...
THE GARRETT, standing half a mile north-westof Chaddock Hall, was the mansion house of thelords of the manor of Tyldesley, (fn. 65) whose descent hasbeen traced to John Tyldesley, senior, esq., livingin 1468. He is probably the same person as JohnTyldesley who died in 1497 seised of this manor,and of moieties of the manors of Barnston and Arrow,cou...
CLEWORTH (Cluworth, 1333) is an estate ofabout 163 acres, lying on high ground near the centreof the township and held of the lord of the reputedmanor of Tyldesley by a yearly quit-rent of onehalfpenny. (fn. 80) It was included in the grant of a greatpart of the township made in 1301 by Henrylord of Tyldesley to his younger son Adam, ofwhom it was ...
In 1729 Joseph Parr chargedcertain premises in Tyldesley witha yearly sum of £2 to be distributed amongst the poor living in Tyldesley andHurst Quarter. There are also a number of charitieswhich have been created within recent years, mainlyfor the benefit of St. George's church and schools. (fn. 110) The church of St. George, commenced in 1822and c...
In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Tyldesley like this: TYLDESLEY, a town, and a township-chapelry, in Leigh parish, Lancashire. The town stands on the Manchester and Wigan railway, at the intersection of the line from Kenyon to Bolton, 2½ miles ENE of Leigh; and has a post-office‡ under ...
The motivation for the railway was coal, specifically moving it; and there were many local colliery lines and sidings that served the industry, now all but vanished. Tyldesley station thrived until 1969 when the dastardly report prepared by Dr Beeching ensured its long lamented disappearance.
From 1721-1752 moieties of the manor were acquired and reunited by Samuel Clowes and his son. In 1810 Samuel Clowes sold the manor to Robert Haldane Bradshaw. In 1836 the manor was conveyed to...
People also ask
What happened at Tyldesley in 1836?
When did Tyldesley become a town?
When did Tyldesley become a parish?
Where is Tyldesley?
Who was Hugh Tyldesley?
What happened at Tyldesley Colliery?
Following the Anglo-Saxon invasion of Britain, Tyldesley was part of the manor of Warrington, until the Norman conquest of England, when the settlement constituted a township called Tyldesley-with-Shakerley in the ancient parish of Leigh.
